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Released on Pear O'Legs Records on 02/01/22

HYTHE - Rocket To Ride On

Written on NYE 2020, To Your Eyes is stripped right back to just Benji and his guitar. About the song, Benji says “I find this time of year truly magical, a time to slow down and take stock, to hibernate, away from the busyness of the world, the anxiety of social media. I’ve had a few occasions where songs will come to me around New Years Eve, but this one stuck and I’m very fond of it. It’s about shaking off my jaded world view (briefly), appreciating what I have, and choosing, or at least intending to choose love, kindness, and hope”

To Your Eyes (out NYD 2023) is the second single from debut album Songs to Make You Happy, coming January 20th 2023 on Pear O’ Legs Records.

Welsh singer and songwriter Benji Tranter returns with his debut album Songs to Make You Happy. With a lo-fi, DIY ethos, unembellished guitars and vocals deliver a charming, sometimes chaotic, collection of vignettes; diary entries, polaroid snapshots, throwaway poems and short stories. The influence of US songwriters like Elliott Smith, Conor Oberst and Daniel Johnston is clear throughout, with occasional elements from Scott Walker, Nick Drake, and the care-free naivety of Jonathan Richman.

Out on the January 20, 2023 on Pear O’Legs Records.
The first single from the album, 'Satellite' is out now.

Songs written and performed by Benji Tranter
Drums on tracks 3 and 9 by Ben Howarth
Trumpet on track 11 by Jovis Lane
Tracks 3 and 9 engineered by Ru Lemer at Temple Music Studio
All other tracks recorded at home
Produced by Jovis Lane
Mastered by Ed Woods
Album cover photo by Calum Lynn

To Your Eyes

Hearts Collide

Billy's Back At The Bar

Brighten Up The Place - Andy Skellam

SW009 - Kate Tempest & Loyle Carner - Guts

Brown Trout

All music Twelve Hides/Ben Tweddell 
Electric guitar (S) Buck Curran

Deir El - Malak (with Buck Curran of  Arborea)

Taking photos and reading books
It's taking longer than it ever took
I find it hard to find the time I need so bad
I need to show you that I'm on your side;
Need to show you all the love I've tried to hide
At least I'll try

Winter's coming and I'll keep running to keep my body warm
But the cold creeps in through the cracks in my windows and through my bedroom door

The days are short and the nights are cold
Sometimes I wish that I could bend and fold away (just for a day)
No-one would see me, that'd be fine
Then maybe I could find the time to find some time (find my mind)

Winter's coming and I'll keep running to keep my body warm
But the cold creeps in through the cracks in my windows and through my bedroom door

You're on a journey but you ain't got far
You've got a license but you've got no car
You're not so wise, and there's no guiding star...

Taking pictures and writing hooks,
I never finished half those bloody books;
Never showed you I was on your side;
Never showed you all the love I tried to hide
At least I tried...

Winter's coming and I'll keep running to keep my body warm
But the cold creeps in through the cracks in my windows and through my bedroom door

Everybody's going their way,
They're all talking I've got nothing to say
My mind's a cloud and it's a windy day.

Bend and Fold Blues

Gone To Ground is the new single from London formed, Bristol based folk ensemble Apple of My Eye. Timed to coincide with the anniversary of the fire at Grenfell Tower, an official launch event will take place on 23rd June at The Gresham Centre in Central London. All proceeds from the sale of Gone To Ground, along with a portion of ticket sales from the launch event, will be donated to Grenfell United. 

Apple of My Eye’s influences are drawn from English folk and storytelling. With intriguing, lyrically rich songs and multi-part vocal harmonies and traditional folk instruments, the band has won widespread acclaim for their imagination and wit.  

Guitarist Arran Glass from the band states: “Folk music has always responded to tragedy and injustice. Gone to Ground is emotional response to what happened. It reflects on the failures of multiple authorities in this preventable tragedy. One year on, two-thirds of victims are still homeless and those responsible for fire safety failings at Grenfell have never been brought to justice. As the chorus insists, they have all gone to ground”. 

The tragedy is never explicitly named in the single. Instead the subtle but powerful lyrics perform a delicate balancing act between the political and the mythological. With rich harmonies and instrumentation, the track deftly moves from sadness and grief to anger. It begins with eerie, atmospheric strings, building to a driving climax of clattering drums.  
 
Staples of the London folk scene and music festivals, Apple of My Eye has released three albums – Devils, Seven Tides and The Beast Below – and has now teamed up with esteemed producer Gerry Diver (Sam Lee/Lisa Knapp) to record the fourth, One for Crow – the band’s most ambitious and personal album to date. The album is due for release later in 2018. 
 
 Gone To Ground was sung by lead vocalist Chris Duggan with backing vocals from Arran Glass and Jo Silverston. Instrumental backing was provided by Arran Glass (guitar), Chris Duggan (bouzouki), Jo Silverstone (cello), Kit Massey, Dan Duggan and Gerry Diver (violins) and Phil Cornwell (double bass). In a marked departure from their previous sound, Apple of my Eye are joined for this single by Pete Flood on drums (Bellowhead/Lisa Knapp).

Gone To Ground - Official Single

Some taster tracks from Fiona's forthcoming solo album. Due for release September 2013

Fiona Hunter - Cruel Mother

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Gone To Ground - Official Single

Apple of my Eye

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